... in the transnationalization of the Korean wave, in the process of struggling for survival and success in a complex national and geo-political context where multiple political, economic and cultural forces converge. The case of importing Korean dramas revealed the process of how the local “transnationalizes” foreign media...

...This chapter provides a comparative analysis of the meaning-making activities of Hong Kong and Singaporean female audiences of Korean TV dramas. It finds that these audiences are adept in using Korean dramas to construct and confirm their own multiple, at times conflicting, subjectivities, which...